Fox vs Dominion

[Solkern]

The battle has begun!

I personally think Fox News is fucked.

[Parkbandit]

The battle has begun!

I personally think Fox News is fucked.

They will just settle it out of court for an undisclosed amount.

[Seran]

Fox News knew from the get go it's exploitation of Trump's spurious claims and it's anchors spreading those lies would get it in trouble. I'm just glad they'll have to pay out three quarters of a billion for it. Their statement was the best part, their journalistic integrity is nonexistent, their payout is confirmation of that. $787 million will make them think twice about spreading lies.

Fox, Dominion reach settlement over false election claims

Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement Tuesday in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network chased viewers by promoting lies about the 2020 presidential election.

The terms of the settlement were not immediately clear.

Dominion had asked for $1.6 billion in arguing that Fox had damaged its reputation by helping peddle conspiracy theories about its equipment. Fox said the amount greatly overstated the value of the Colorado-based company.

The settlement was announced by the judge in the case, who allowed the case to go to trial while emphasizing that it was “CRYSTAL clear” that none of the allegations about Dominion aired on Fox by allies of former President Donald Trump were true.

A statement from Fox said the settlement reflected the network’s “continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. We are hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute with Dominion amicably, instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues.”

https://apnews.com/article/fox-news-...gn=position_01

[Solkern]

Damn, I was hoping it would go to trial.

[Tgo01]

lol

There is less of a case here than when all of the major networks maliciously slandered teenager Nick Sandmann, and all of those lawsuits were either settled out of court or were dismissed by biased judges, so this case is a 100% nothing burger.

But with the way the Democrats have weaponized the courts, even civil courts lately, yeah I can see Fox News being in trouble.

And Republican politicians will do nothing about the Democrats' continued assault on our democratic institutions, because they are largely cowards.

[Seran]

Damn, I was hoping it would go to trial.

They could have held out and taken it to a conclusion, we could have all laughed our asses off while Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Jeanine Pierro all tried to walk back the evidence of their trashing the subject matter they were paid to promote, but honestly it'd get boring after a while. That News organization has no credibility and so kicking them after they'd kneecapped themselves so many times would be cruel.

[Seran]

Besides, we'll all be entertained when the jury in Trump's trial begins to report the harassment and intimidation from Trump's team.

[Tgo01]

Apparently Fox has already settled out of court. That was fast. Another nothing burger.

[lolnerd]

Nothing burger cost almost 800 million dollars.. that’s an expensive nothing burger.

Also the discovery was great fun to watch. How did it feel to watching your hero’s rebuke everything they say on air in text messages amongst themselves?

Fucking right wing traitor scum bags around here can’t see past their own hubris and just admit.. yeah that was fucked up guys.. instead they brigade and come in to the thread to call everyone who doesn’t agree with them retards and shower us with what aboutisms and negative rep like it’s something people care about in the politics forum.

[Tgo01]

How did it feel to watching your hero’s rebuke everything they say on air in text messages amongst themselves?

You must have me confused with Seran who apparently watches Fox News more than everyone else on the PC combined, since I don't even watch Fox News at all.

Also if Dominion thought they had such a good case and wanted to do the righteous thing, then why did they accept a settlement at all instead of seeing this all the way through and make a lot more money?